Roseville Big Band Concert at Concordia Academy, October 25, 1995, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Directed by Glen Newton with announcer Kirk Lindberg

New York, New York by Fred Ebb

It Had to Be You by Jones
(featuring vocalist Kirk Lindberg)

Tuxedo Junction by Johnson
(featuring the Rhythm & Swing dancers, with solos by trumpeter Harvey Skow and clarinetists Bill Pearson and Kay Foster)

Hard-Hearted Hannah by Yellen
(featuring pianist Ann Booth and trumpeter Dan Menken)

Blue Skies by Irving Berlin
(featuring scat vocalist Keith Miner)

My Romance by Richard Rodgers
(featuring a flugelhorn solo by Mark Lee)

Rosie the Riveter by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb, arr. by Julie Stenberg, vocal arr. by Glen Newton
(featuring vocalists Kirk Lindberg, Bob Nielsen, Dan Menken, Glen Newton; with Alice Mendelsohn portraying Rosie (and handing out rivets to the audience); and a trombone solo by Dick Norris; and Cindy Gardner on the ratchet (making the rivet gun sound))

Tribute to Miles arr. by Taylor
(featuring solos by Mark Lee on trumpet, Mike Wobig on electric bass, Harvey skow on trumpet, and Glen Peterson on tenor sax, others?)

Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington
(featuring tenor saxophonist Glen Peterson, with a trumpet or vibraphone solo by Glen Newton)

Pennsylvania 6-5000 by Jerry Gray
(featuring the Rhythm & Swing dancers, with a trumpet solo by Dan Menken and a tenor sax solo by Glen Peterson)

I’ll Take Romance by Oscar Hammerstein
(featuring vocalist Kirk Lindberg, with trumpet solos by all of the section members)

Latin Fantasy arr. by Dave Wolpe
(featuring guest percussionists from the audience, with a trumpet solo by Bob Nielsen)

Woodchopper’s Ball by Joe Bishop
(featuring solos (probably) by Glen Newton, Bob Nielsen, and Harvey Skow on trumpets; Kay Foster and Bill Frank on alto saxes; Dan Desmonds on tenor sax; Rich Eyman and Dick Norris on trombone; Keith Miner on bass trombone; and Mike Wobig on electric bass)

Roseville Big Band performers for this concert:

Saxes: Kay Foster, probably Nancy Veerkamp, Glen Peterson, probably Dick Leisen, and Bill Pearson; Bill Pearson and Kay doubled on clarinets
Trumpets: Dan Menken, Mark Lee, Harvey Skow, and Bob Nielsen
Trombones: Dick Norris, Fred Christiansen, Rich Eyman, and Keith Miner
Rhythm: Ann Booth (piano), Carl Berger (guitar), Mike Wobig (bass), and Jim Foster (drums)
Vocal: Kirk Lindberg, Glen Newton, Bob Nielsen, Dan Menken, and Keith Miner

Alice Mendelsohn portrayed Rosie the Riveter.

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